 |
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| 1998 |
A seamless 3G evolution for cdmaOne
is developed |
| April |
TIA endorses wideband cdmaOne (aka CDMA2000) for ITU 3G solution
|
| April |
Statement of need defined for CDMA2000 Phase 1 (aka CDMA2000
1X) |
| June |
CDMA2000 submitted to ITU for IMT-2000 |
| December |
First 1xEV-DO demonstration |
| |
| 1999 |
CDMA2000 endorsed for IMT-2000
|
| May |
Operators complete CDMA harmonization agreement for IMT-2000
|
| July |
Phase 1 CDMA2000® standard complete and approved
for publication |
| November |
ITU-R Task Group 8/1 endorses CDMA2000 standards (three modes)
for IMT-2000 |
| |
| 2000 |
CDMA2000 is launched commercially
|
| March |
First CDMA2000 1X voice calls successfully completed |
| June |
First 3G CDMA2000 1X data transmission completed |
| June |
CDMA2000 1xEV introduced to global marketplace by the CDG |
| October |
SK Telecom and LG Telecom (South Korea) launch world's first
3G commercial services using CDMA2000 |
| |
| 2001 |
Evolution of CDMA2000 recognized
as part of IMT-2000 |
| March |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DV successfully demonstrated in labs |
| March |
KDDI announces completion of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO calls |
| June |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO recognized as part of the 3G IMT-2000 standard
|
| July |
Western Wireless (US) deploys first CDMA2000 1X network in North America |
| August |
1 million commercial CDMA2000 1X subscribers |
| December |
3.7 million CDMA2000
subscribers |
| |
1xEV-DO trial successfully completed |
| |
First CDMA450 network commercially launched (Zapp Mobile, Romania)
|
| |
VIVO (Brazil) launches first CDMA2000 1X network in Latin America |
| |
| 2002 |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is launched
commercially |
| January |
SK Telecom (South Korea) launches world's first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
network |
| May |
10 million commercial CDMA2000 subscribers |
| June |
Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) and Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA) approve CDMA2000 1xEV-DV (Data-Voice) for publication
|
| September |
Pelephone Communications Ltd. (Israel) launches the first CDMA2000 1X network in Africa - Middle East region |
| December |
32.6 million CDMA2000
subscribers |
| |
| 2003 |
CDMA2000 1X reaches worldwide
penetration |
| April |
Vesper (Brazil) launches first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network in Latin America |
| May |
50 million commercial CDMA2000 subscribers |
| May |
1 million commercial CDMA2000 1xEV-DO subscribers |
| October |
Verizon Wireless (US) launches first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO service in North America |
| December |
85.4 million CDMA2000
subscribers |
| |
| 2004 |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is broadly deployed;
100 million commercial CDMA2000 subscribers |
| March |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DV Revision D approved by Third Generation Partnership
Project 2 (3GPP2) |
| March |
5 million commercial CDMA2000 1xEV-DO subscribers |
| April |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A approved by Third Generation Partnership
Project 2 (3GPP2) |
| June |
100 million commercial CDMA2000 subscribers |
| August |
Eurotel Praha (Czech Republic) launches world's first CDMA2000
1xEV-DO network at 450 MHz (CDMA450) |
| December |
146.8 million CDMA2000
subscribers |
| |
2005 |
CDMA2000 celebrates 5 years of commercial
success |
| June |
185 million commercial CDMA2000 subscribers worldwide |
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